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Title Science and the construction of women / edited by Mary Maynard
Published London : UCL Press, 1997

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Description vii, 193 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Revolutionizing the Subject: Women's Studies and the Sciences / Mary Maynard -- Ch. 2. Good-bye Truth, Hello Trust: Prospects for Feminist Science and Technology Studies at the Millennium? / Hilary Rose -- Ch. 3. Women in Science, Engineering and Technology: The Rising Tide Report and Beyond / Nancy J. Lane -- Ch. 4. Against the Odds: Women Developing a Commitment to Technology / Ailsa Swarbrick -- Ch. 5. Women, Science and Adult Education: Toward a Feminist Curriculum? / Jean Barr and Lynda Birke -- Ch. 6. Science and Technology: Friends or Enemies of Women? / Cecilia Ng Choon Sim and Rohini Hensman -- Ch. 7. The Knowledge in our Bones: Standpoint Theory, Alternative Health and the Quantum Model of the Body / Anne Scott -- Ch. 8. Technologies of Reproduction: Why Women's Issues Make a Difference / Pat Spallone -- Ch. 9. Reproductive Technologies and Lesbian Parents: An Unnatural Alliance? / Elizabeth Sourbut
Ch. 10. Rethinking Bodies and Boundaries: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk and Cyberspace / Jenny Wolmark
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Feminist theory.
Science -- Social aspects.
Women in science.
Author Maynard, Mary, 1950-
LC no. 98103996
ISBN 185728786X (cased)
1857287878 (paperback)